IGN Cube Tours: Micah Seff

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This is Micah!

By David Clayman

Welcome to IGN Cubicle Tours. Every week we'll introduce you to a new IGN Editor and examine their behavior in their natural environment - a cubicle. The IGN Offices are a strange and wonderful place, filled with toys, games, and the grumblings of game editors. Also it smells bad.

Behind every desk there are a million game related stories. Xbox 360 Editor Doug Perry proudly displays some of the first swag ever produced. PS3 Editor Jeremy Dunham has the world's greatest collection of Incredible Hulk memorabilia. DS Editor Craig Harris sits on a massive pile of old GBA cartridges. Before we unveil these desks we're going to start with someone who's new to the team.

The Man You know him as the loveable punching bag of IGN's GameScoop Podcast but Micah also holds an incredibly important position on the IGN News and Features team. Besides being responsible for groundbreaking and innovative reporting like this, Micah is also a rabid Nintendo fan and has admitted to staying up all night before Nintendo related announcements.

Insider: So what exactly do you do here?

Micah: I'm a news and features editor. That means I write boring news stories during the day then occasionally write an exciting feature.

Insider: How did you get your start here?

Micah: You hired me about eight or nine months ago.

Insider: What a mistake that was.

Micah: A lucky mistake for me.

Insider: Well, you were "hired" as an intern for Insider originally.

Micah: Yup.

The Cube

According to Micah: "Most of the stuff at my desk is here because this is where people dump their garbage." He also refuses to collect gaming swag because he doesn't like to "buy into the marketing." This is an awful excuse for having a lame desk but his values are somewhat honorable. The only interesting objects in his space are a nifty set of vinyl toys.

Insider: What is your favorite game related object on your desk?

Micah: I try to have as little game related stuff on my desk as possible

Insider: Why?

Micah: Because I don't like to buy marketing. I don't like to buy their toys. My toys are all originally designed.

Insider: What is your most prized object at your desk?

Micah: That would be Tree Dweller, it's by an Australian artist. I had to buy it online from kid robot because there were only like 300 of them made. Insider: Is that like Giant Robot?Micah: That's different. Giant Robot is a magazine that also has some stores and they have a clothing brand and toy line. Kid Robot is all vinyl toys. Insider: Well since you don't have anything gaming related...Micah: Well I have a little Pikmin guy from Juan's old desk, I stole it from his standee that was signed by Miyamoto.

Join us next week when we invade the desk of an actual games editor. Who will it be? We'll let you decide - send in your choice for a Cube Tour and submit a question for the editor.